Professor Katz has written a magnificent, superb, and unique book on antisemitism and the law. It will be a great teaching vehicle in both law school and undergraduate classes. But it also is an invaluable collection of material, looking at the history of antisemitism and also at contemporary issues. It will be a wonderful resource in countless ways.
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
The first chapter, on definitions, is worth the price of admission all by itself.
A book that every student of race and the law will want to read closely.
Richard Delgado
Distinguished Professor
Seattle University School of Law
Antisemitism and the Law is more than a thoughtful and comprehensive casebook. With it, Professor Katz is building the foundation for a new field of study, identifying canonical texts and organizing questions. It is a call for sustained scholarly engagement with the legal dimensions of antisemitism.
Stephen Macedo
Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics and Human Values
Princeton University
Professor Katz's Antisemitism and the Law Casebook is nothing short of a masterpiece of legal scholarship.
Rona Kaufman
Associate Professor of Law
Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University
I believe that Antisemitism and the Law is a seminal work that will receive enormously positive, world-wide attention. The book will undoubtedly become the standard casebook for law school courses on the topic (and will probably inspire a proliferation of such courses), will likely be substantially excerpted for use in other law school courses on racism generally, and may well also be used in various undergraduate courses as well.
Professor Steven H. Resnicoff
Professor of Law
Director, DePaul College of Law Center for Jewish Law & Judaic Studies
DePaul University College of Law
Professor Katz's subject matter is global and local; ancient and contemporary. Producing this book involved one monumental, intricate challenge after another, with essentially no template to follow. The resulting achievement is endlessly thought-provoking.
R. George Wright
Lawrence A. Jegen III Professor of Law
Indiana University McKinney School of Law
The casebook is not only erudite, helpful, comprehensive, interesting, and
balanced—it is also fun (something I do not say lightly)!
Zalman Rothschild
Horn Family Distinguished Research Scholar in Law and Religion
Assistant Professor of Law
Cardozo School of Law
Central to Professor Katz’s thesis is the legal system's paradoxical role as both a historic enforcer of Jews’ subordination and an instrument for achieving full citizenship. The casebook dissects the codification of Jewish oppression. More hopefully, it analyzes landmark victories in Jews' struggle for safety and equality under law. Throughout, it chronicles how Jewish defense organizations have leveraged the law to advance Jews’ legal interests. A consistent thread emerges across these diverse cases: a fuller understanding of the relationship between law and antisemitism enhances our capacity to combat it effectively and create a safer, more just world.
Jonathan Greenblatt
National Director and CEO
The Anti-Defamation League
At last – a superb interdisciplinary casebook focusing on all aspects of antisemitism. And the timing could not be better. Required reading for lawyers and laymen alike focusing on causes, and importantly, solutions.
Kenneth Feinberg
Former Administrator of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
This book brilliantly examines antisemitism in numerous ways that most of us never think about, including Jews as Non-White, White, or Ethnic, Jews as Racist, Jews as Diabolical and, of special interest to this religion scholar, the Catholic Church's efforts to rectify its troubled history with Jews.
Leslie Griffin
Boyd Professor of Law
UNLV Boyd School of Law
Against a backdrop of increasing hostility towards Jews, this comprehensive and meticulously researched casebook could not come at a more valuable time. By chronicling and analysing landmark Jewish cases, including an incisive and enlightening treatment of Irving v. Lipstadt, this book provides indispensable insight into how Jews and their allies can best utilise the law, both as a sword and shield, to combat antisemitism.
Anthony Julius
Professor and Chair of Law and the Arts
Faculty of Laws, University College London
Deputy Chairman, Mishcon de Reya
Beyond its role as a first-of-its-kind vehicle for teaching about antisemitism and the law, Prof. Katz's masterful casebook will prove to be an extraordinary resource for advocates for Jewish rights. The casebook gathers in one place many of the most crucial texts on or relating to antisemitism, and does so in a fashion that confronts, rather than avoids, difficult questions of definition and analysis that any advocate -- or scholar -- must be able to address.
Richard Foltin
Executive Director
American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (AAJLJ)
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